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Issue: Batman Annual #5
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #5 of 28 Issues (53 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/23/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Schiff
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted From8
Disclose Images3
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris; Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as Batman Annual #5: The Strange Lives of Batman and Robin [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover composed of images from stories reprinted inside. Illustrations from "The Giant Batman" and "The Grown Up-Boy Wonder" flipped.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Power That Doomed Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Big Joe" Foster; Professor Blake
Synopsis: Batman takes up a plane on an experimental flight, and, after crossing through the tail of a comet, finds himself glowing strangely and endowed with super powers. The Dynamic Duo must then race against the clock to find a cure before the glow dies away...along with Batman's life!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #268 published June 1959
was The Power That Doomed Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman
First Line: Follow the adventures of Batman and Robin...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Merman Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman; Robin; Carl Smarte (first appearance, villain); Vince Kenton
Synopsis: While chasing down a wanted criminal, Batman is struck by lightning and falls into the harbor. When he rises out of the water, he discovers that he cannot breathe air and has literally become a human fish.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #118 published September 1958
was The Merman Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Rip Van Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman; Robin [also as Batman 2]; Robin 2 [unknown secret identity]
Synopsis: Looking for criminal Al Hackett, Batman enters a greenhouse w/exotic flowers, however, after succumbing to the strange floral vapors, he passes out. On awakening, he finds himself in the future, but he has aged into an old man and discovers that Dick Grayson is now Batman, having taken on a new junior partner.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #119 published October 1958
was Rip Van Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Comics
First Line: Follow the adventures of Batman and Robin...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Zebra Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; the Zebra-Man (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: An insidious criminal discovers a way to charge his body like a magnet to commit crimes, but Batman, in trying to stop him, accidentally becomes charged as well, making the villain's capture difficult.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #275 published January 1960
was The Zebra Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Grown-Up Boy Wonder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (ghost)
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pat Gordon
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson; also as Owlman]; The Daredevils (first appearance, villains)
Synopsis: While examining a lead-lined box Superman had brought back from outer space, Dick accidentally touches a release, emitting a gas that causes him to grow bodily into manhood, thus forcing him to give up his Robin persona and to adopt a different crime fighting ID - The Owlman.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #107 published April 1957
was The Grown-Up Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Bewitched Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Coleman
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman and Batman and Robin
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Synopsis: While in England attending a convention, Batman stumbles into an ancient cave's "booby trap" set up years before by a sorcerer named Fangan. Robin appeals to Superman for help, as Batman believes that if he doesn't carry out Fangan's commands, he will perish.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #109 published May 1960
was The Bewitched Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Phantom Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon
Synopsis: Batman inexplicably is affected by an explosion in an experimental electronics laboratory that reverses the atoms in his body.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBatman #110 published September 1957
was The Phantom Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Giant Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Dick Sprang
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred; Doctor Greggson; Jay Vanney (villain)
Synopsis: Batman & Robin are invited to Doctor Greggson's lab to witness two new inventions: the Maximizer and the Minimizer. Unfortunately, the Maximizer plays on the Caped Crusader, who begins to grow uncontrollably, and finds he must leave Gotham City for the people's protection, allowing crime to seemingly run rampant.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #243 published May 1957
was Batman the Giant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Batman the Giant!"
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual; Giant Lois Lane Annual
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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A Collector's Item!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Bob Kane; Jerry Robinson (backgrounds on Batman cover)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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